St James Park

St James Park is a football stadium in Exeter and is the home of Exeter City F. C. The stadium is served by the St James Park railway station which is right next to the ground (the line runs behind the Grandstand). It has been adopted by the club who contribute to its upkeep, under the community rail scheme, and its railings have been painted in the red and white of Exeter's strip. The current capacity of St James Park is 6, 087. The capacity prior to the beginning of redevelopment work in 2017 was 8, 541. The record attendance is 20, 984, who watched Exeter lose 4–2 to Sunderland in an FA Cup Sixth Round Replay in 1931. StandsThe Stagecoach Stand and the away terrace will be closed for the 2017 /18 season due to redevelopment work at the stadium, with away fans set to be only allocated around 200-1, 000 tickets in the seated stand. this reduced the capacity to around 6, 000. HistoryIn 1654 the land was owned by Lady Anne Clifford who rented it out for fattening pigs. The proceeds went to a charity set up to pay for the apprenticeship of a poor child from the parish of St Stephen, an arrangement that was supposed to be renewed "yearly to the world's end. " Pigs were resident for nearly 250 years and in later times, were joined by other tenants of low repute. Prior to 1904, Exeter United FC played its games here and after merging with St. Sidwell's United, the ground was leased to the newly formed Exeter City FC with the new contract stipulating that "no menageries, shows, circuses or steam roundabouts" were to be allowed on the premises.

St James Park is a football stadium in Exeter and is the home of Exeter City F. C. The stadium is served by the St James Park railway station which is right next to the ground (the line runs behind the Grandstand). It has been adopted by the club who contribute to its upkeep, under the community rail scheme, and its railings have been painted in the red and white of Exeter's strip. The current capacity of St James Park is 6, 087. The capacity prior to the beginning of redevelopment work in 2017 was 8, 541. The record attendance is 20, 984, who watched Exeter lose 4–2 to Sunderland in an FA Cup Sixth Round Replay in 1931. StandsThe Stagecoach Stand and the away terrace will be closed for the 2017 /18 season due to redevelopment work at the stadium, with away fans set to be only allocated around 200-1, 000 tickets in the seated stand. this reduced the capacity to around 6, 000. HistoryIn 1654 the land was owned by Lady Anne Clifford who rented it out for fattening pigs. The proceeds went to a charity set up to pay for the apprenticeship of a poor child from the parish of St Stephen, an arrangement that was supposed to be renewed "yearly to the world's end. " Pigs were resident for nearly 250 years and in later times, were joined by other tenants of low repute. Prior to 1904, Exeter United FC played its games here and after merging with St. Sidwell's United, the ground was leased to the newly formed Exeter City FC with the new contract stipulating that "no menageries, shows, circuses or steam roundabouts" were to be allowed on the premises.